Black Deliveryman Too Traumatized to Work After Butcher Hands Him a Noose
‘A black deliveryman said he’s too traumatized to return to work after a customer handed him a noose.
Victor Sheppard said he wasn’t comfortable going back to his job with Mosner Family Brands because the meat distributor continued to serve the butcher shop whose owner handed him a noose in what he describes as a joke, reported the New York Daily News.
The 37-year-old Sheppard said he’s been anxious and unable to sleep since the April incident at Ottomanelli & Sons Meat Market, and he’s disappointed his employer has kept the butcher shop as a client.
“I could have lost my life or been badly injured or in jail, and it didn’t mean anything to them,” Sheppard said. “It’s not easy returning to an environment where you mean nothing.”’
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